Attention ACE Louisiana Families: The ACE Louisiana scholarship application will open on our website here at midnight on March 1st for new applicants. New scholarship applicants will find a link to our online application form on our website here starting on March 1st. *If you are a current ACE Scholarships Louisiana student, please do not apply for a scholarship through this link on our website on March 1st. Instead, you will receive an email on February 1st with a link to the online renewal application form that will need to be submitted no later than April 30, 2019.

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This is more than the story of America’s educational crisis. It’s the story of how we can solve it.

There’s a crisis in American education. Too many kids from low-income families are falling between the cracks simply because they’re stuck in failing schools and can’t afford any other options. It’s happening right here in Louisiana where only 68% of students from low-income families graduate from high school.

ACE Scholarships was founded in 2000 to provide these low-income parents with school choice for their families through partial scholarships to K-12 private schools.

In 2012, ACE Scholarships expanded its efforts nationally, to help more students receive the opportunity to have a choice in their K-12 education career. Louisiana was the third state of ACE’s national efforts, now serving 1,250 students across the state in over 130 partner private schools.

ACE serves children whose families qualify for the federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program, and the median income for our ACE families is $34,000 a year.

So far in Louisiana, we’ve awarded 4,256 scholarships with a cumulative worth of more than $17.5M, helping to send kids from low-income families to the schools of their choice.

And the results are amazing with 90%+ of ACE students graduating from high school each year. Moreover, they’re enrolling in and graduating from college at rates similar to kids from predominantly high-income high schools.*

ACE Scholarships Louisiana is an approved School Tuition Organization (STO) participating in the TDC Program.

Beginning January 1, 2018, corporate and individual taxpayers can claim a state income tax credit for donations to a qualified STO. STOs are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and are required by law to spend 95% of every donation on scholarships for low-income students in grades K-12. The credit is equal to the amount of the donation used to fund scholarships after administrative costs (not to exceed 5%) have been accounted for.

Give a child the promise of a better tomorrow by becoming a donor today.

Please help us fill the empty desks all over Louisiana and let’s give children from low-income families the opportunity for a great education and a lifetime of success. To make a donation contact Arthur Dupre adupre@acescholarships.org For donor FAQs please click here.

THE RIGHT SCHOOL CAN HELP CHANGE THE STORY FOR A CHILD IN NEED.

EVERY CHILD DESERVESA GREAT EDUCATION.

That’s our stand. At ACE Scholarships we’re committed to helping low-income parents provide that opportunity to their children. Our mission is to provide children of low-income families with scholarships to private schools in grades K-12, and to advocate for expanded school choice.

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